Bothering a Pilot on Final

On May 31, 6:13 pm, Cubdriver usenet AT danford DOT net wrote:
On Fri, 30 May 2008 18:27:54 GMT, "Steve Foley"

wrote:
Spencer uses 123.0. Tanner-Hiller is the only airport within 25 miles of
Spencer that uses 123.0, but they have very little traffic.

I was just past Plum Island (123.0) and heading south. At 2500 feet I
can hear four states (though to be sure, the radius doesn't have to be
very large to allow that: New Hampshire, Maine, Vermont,
Massachusetts).



My question is: Can a plane transmitting from twenty five miles away
interfere with local communications?

Oh, I think so. I often key to transmit and send out this awful
squeal, which I assume means someone else (who I can't hear with the
rubber ducky antenna) is transmitting at the same time.

(I don't think you can hear me, though! I have tried it, inbound to
Hampton, at 10 miles, 5 miles, 2 miles ... it's not until I'm almost
overhead that I can raise George.)

Blue skies! -- Dan Ford

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While flying over southern Long Island (HWV) at pattern altitude, it
is common to hear communications from Sky Acres NY and Lincoln Park NJ
(both 60-70 nm away), as well as from a few other airports, on the
122.8 CTAF. Some signals are strong; others are not.